This egg-rich cake, dotted with anise seed, is easy and quick to make. A friend served it to me recently, and it is loaded with flavor. I discovered when buying the seed for this cake that fennel and anise seeds are different. Although both have a similar, licoricy kind of flavor, the fennel seeds are much larger and prettier. I tried both, and didn’t notice much difference in the flavor. The fennel seeds may be a bit more attractive is all I can say. Your preference.
MoreFrench tea cake flavored with anise seed
05 Apr 2022 Leave a comment
in Desserts, food, health, Ingredients, recipes Tags: anise, antibacterials, antifungals, antiinflammatories, baking, blood, cakes, easy recipes, eggs, fennel, iron, licorice
Kyiv cake, a Ukrainian classic
14 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
in cakes, Desserts, food, recipes Tags: butter cream icing, eggs, frosting, hazel nuts, meringue, Sponge cake, Ukraine
Slava Ukraini!
Feeling gutted about the butchery going on in the Ukraine these days, I wanted to do something to honor the people there under siege by the Russians. Googling Ukrainian desserts, I came across a delicious-looking cake that is a favorite in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
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Scotch pavlovas with sour cherry sauce
29 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
in Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods, recipes Tags: cherries, cream, Dracula, eggs, meringues, pavlova, Robbie Burns, sour cherries
A pavlova is basically a meringue decorated with whipped cream and fruit. You can use any fruit, but in this recipe, I use sour cherries.
Meringues are much easier to make than they look. There are only a few ingredients and they whip up quickly. I’ve included a few tips for separating eggs and whipping the whites into stiff peaks, so you will succeed even if this is your very first try. I hope you will make this dessert with your family.
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Spiced ginger and green tomato coffee cake
03 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in Breakfast foods, Desserts, food, health, recipes, Snacks Tags: baking, cakes, ginger, spices, tomatoes
A tasty coffee cake that needs no extra sweetness can be had by making up this moist snacking cake. A wonderful treat if you have some green tomatoes on hand, a strong possibility if you were growing tomatoes at home this year, like Vinny was. It calls for 200 grams of green tomatoes, which is about two medium-sized ones.
Ginger is the healthiest spice in your pantry. It is one food that earns its reputation as a “super food” whole-heartedly, as has been proven by science. This recipe uses lots of ginger.
A Bundt cake studded with green tomato pieces and candied ginger, then spiced with masala tadka powder, is perfect with a cup of coffee or tea, or even with a glass of milk.
Spiced green tomato and candied ginger coffee cake
Makes 12 modest slices
- 1 cup green tomatoes, chopped (200 grams, about 2 medium)
- 1/4 cup (40 grams) candied ginger, chopped finely
- 60 grams unsalted butter at room temperature
- 60 grams (1/3 cup) granulated sugar
- 60 grams (1/2 cup) coconut palm sugar (or light brown sugar)
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 150 grams (1 1/2 cups) whole-wheat flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter)
- 1 teaspoon masala chai powder or tadka masala spice*
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C)
- Prepare a small Bundt pan (6 cups or 7.5 x 3 inches) by lightly coating the sides, bottom and center spindle with canola oil or other flavorless oil. Sprinkled some flour liberally around the sides and turn upside down over the sink to tap off any excess. Make sure the spindle is coated with flour too.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugars with an electric mixer for a couple of minutes. Keep your fingers away from the beaters while they are beating, or else you might catch your fingers in the blades and faint! Vinny knows this from personal experience. No bones were broken, though…
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat well.
- In a smaller bowl mix the chopped tomatoes and chopped ginger together well. Add the 1/2 cup (50 grams) of the flour and toss with a wooden spoon, till the flour has coated the veggie pieces.
- Sift 1 cup (100 grams) of the flour together with the baking soda, baking powder, and masala powder in another smaller bowl. Add this to the butter mixture in the large bowl in three parts and beat on medium speed after each addition till well mixed.
- Add the green tomato mixture to the batter in the large bowl and fold in till well mixed using a wooden spoon. The mixture will be thick.
- Scrape this mixture into the prepared Bundt pan and smooth the top.
- Turn the oven setting to Bake and cook the cake for 45 to 50 minutes till a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Cool in the tin for about 10 minutes. Then unmold the cake onto a rack to cool.
To Serve
No need to use a sugar glaze. Leave it plain and enjoy the moist delicious flavor of this spicy cake.
Note
If you don’t have a prepared masala spice mix on hand, add these to the flour mixture: ½ teaspoon cardemom and 1/8 teaspoon each of ground cinnamon, black pepper, cloves, and coriander. If you like a highly spiced cake, you can double these quantities.
Ginger and green tomatoes
Nutrition
A serving size of one-twelfth of the cake has 150 calories and 10 grams of sugar. It provides 11% of the recommended daily amount of Vitamin A and 5% of each of protein, vitamin C, calcium, and iron.
Ginger is high in gingerol, a substance with powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It is said to help prevent nausea, improve osteoarthritis, and promote weight loss, among other things.
Spices add way more than flavor to foods. I like to add them liberally every time I cook.
Small-batch homemade red current jelly
16 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in Appetizers, Breakfast foods, Desserts, Drinks, food, Holiday foods, recipes, Snacks Tags: canning, Certo, jelly, low-sugar jam, low-sugar jelly, pectin, Pomona, red currents, sugar
Update – 2023
To avoid all the hassle outlined below that I encountered trying to make jelly using the traditional sugar-activated pectins like Certo, this year I picked up something entirely different from a health food store. It’s called Pomona’s Universal Pectin, and it’s a dream to use.
It does not require sugar to set, so you can go ahead and make a low-sugar, or even a no-sugar jam or jelly with no problem. This citric-based pectin sets by interacting with calcium, which comes in a separate packet with the pectin and a wealth of instructions and helpful tips.
My red current jelly this year set with a minimum of fuss and with just a little sugar, supplemented by my home-made liquid stevia to taste. This product is highly recommended!
Why using Certo or other sugar-activated pectins is more trouble than it’s worth
For several years now, ever since I discovered that the mystery shrub on my property at the end of our hedge was a red current bush, I’ve been trying to make jelly from the berries. And every year I’ve ended up with a lovely syrup, instead.
In 2020, I finally succeeded in making three small jars of ruby red, sweetly tart jelly. But the following year, I failed once again.
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Lemon-drizzle cake sweetens the mood
05 May 2020 Leave a comment
in Desserts, food, health, recipes Tags: cake, coconut oil, eggs, lemons
Getting in the groceries
Here we are in the midst of week 6 of self isolation. What began as an adventure is turning into a drudge. Solace comes in knowing that in comparison to other world disasters people have had to face, this one is fairly tame… as long as you can dodge COVID-19, that is. Plus, we can use the extra time at home to experiment in the kitchen! More
Quarantined chocolate soufflés
14 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods, recipes Tags: chocolate, Easter, eggs, souffle
Have you ever craved a silky soufflé but hesitated to try? I certainly have. The eggy concoction seemed too finicky and prone to failure. Also, I thought it had to be baked at the last minute. So how would it ever work as a make-ahead dessert for company?
Well, with all the time in the world available these days for experimenting, and as the corona virus pandemic is demanding that no company cross our threshold, this seemed the perfect time to try. More
Chocolatey low-sugar brownies
21 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods, Snacks Tags: almond butter, avoiding sugar, chocolate, coconut oil, edible marijuana caution, eggs, gluten free, maple syrup, sweet potato
If you are looking for a low-sugar double-chocolate brownie that your children will devour, look no further. Each moist chocolatey square satisfies with two kinds of chocolate. The squares are sweetened with only 1/4 cup maple syrup and the sugar from the semisweet chocolate chips, plus one secret ingredient. No, it’s not marijuana. More
Home-made Pie Crust Recipe
23 Apr 2019 2 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, recipes Tags: fat, pies
This is a standard pie crust recipe. But I have never made a pie crust in my life. So I decided to start with an easy, classic recipe and see where it takes me. Here it goes.
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Ice Krispy Cake with Just 3 Ingredients
03 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Breads, Desserts, food, recipes Tags: bread, cereal, ice cream, puffed grains, self-raising flour
Here’s something fun to try with your mini chefs. Bake a sweet loaf using just ice cream, cereal, and flour, and enjoy it warm from the oven. Or slice it and make an awesome peanut butter and jam sandwich. You can also use a slice as a base for strawberries and whipped cream or bananas and chocolate sauce. Let your imagination take you on a taste safari! More
Annie’s improbable fruit crumble
09 Oct 2018 1 Comment
in books, Desserts, food, recipes Tags: art, bananas, berries, cake, coconut palm sugar, crumble, fruit, Improbability of love, peaches, presentation
This delicious dessert owes its existence to Hannah Rothchild’s comic novel The Improbability of Love, a satire of the art world served up as a sensory experience fit for royalty. I was presenting this novel to our neighborhood book club. More
Mini cheesecakes with stevia
11 Sep 2018 4 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, recipes Tags: avoiding sugar, cottage cheese, cream cheese, diabetes, Stevia
Try our homemade liquid stevia solution to make these sweet little cheesecakes and you might become hooked on stevia forever. The cakes are moist, creamy, and flavorful. But most of all, without adding any sugar at all to the cheese filling, they taste sweet and tangy. More
Sweet potato scones for Harry and Meghan
19 May 2018 1 Comment
in Breakfast foods, Desserts, food Tags: baking, biscuits, scones, sweet potatoes
With much fanfare this morning, Prince Harry married an American woman whom he met in Toronto, Canada… the beautiful Meghan Markle. In honor of this marriage, a blending of two cultures, we’ve added a little color and spice to the traditional British scone. Easy to make, I whipped this up between hymns, while taking in the Royal wedding. Best wishes to the bride and groom! More
All-flavors bread
14 Nov 2017 1 Comment
in Breads, Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods, recipes Tags: halloween, sugar spike
Vinny’s come up with a yummy way to use left-over Halloween candy that helps keep sugar spikes at bay. We’re borrowing from Harry Potter, Bertie Botts in particular, to create a treat that offers a surprise in every bite. More
Chocolate raspberry birthday cake
30 May 2017 2 Comments
in Desserts, food, health Tags: avocados, cake, chocolate, healthier recipe, raspberries
Our traditional family birthday cake is chalk-full of chocolate. But thrown in are other flavors like raspberry and coffee that make it a hit with young and old alike. I use healthy ingredients besides chocolate, like coconut palm sugar, coconut oil and eggs. More
Your key to using Stevia
25 Apr 2017 13 Comments
in Breakfast foods, Desserts, Drinks, food, health, recipes, Snacks Tags: avoiding sugar, blood sugar, diabetes, pancreas, Stevia, sweeteners
Why stevia?
If you love sweets, this natural, no-cal sweetener from the leaf of the stevia plant is incredibly good for you. Unlike sugar, it doesn’t create an insulin response. Whereas sugar damages your pancreas, the organ that regulates blood sugar, stevia’s sterols and antioxidants actually nourish this essential organ. More
Banana ice cream desserts two ways
11 Apr 2017 1 Comment
in Desserts, food, health, recipes Tags: avoiding sugar, bananas, berries, cancer, chocolate, easy recipes, frozen dessert, fruit, ice cream, nutrition, nuts, raspberries
A nutritional bonanza from our friendly banana
This dessert is so good, people call it Nice Cream. The riper the banana, the sweeter the dessert.
Ripe bananas also have higher levels of antioxidants, which as any frequent reader of Vinny’s blog will know, fight chronic disease and inflammation.
One interesting thing about fully ripened bananas is that they also produce a substance called tumor necrosis factor (TNF). TNF combats abnormal cells to help shrink cancer tumors. The more dark patches a banana has, More
Apple Brown Betty Cake
31 Jan 2017 1 Comment
in Desserts, food, health, recipes Tags: apples, coconut oil, coconut palm sugar, easy recipe
Vinny suspected something was amiss when he began to smell a decidedly strong odor of apples, wafting from the cupboard whenever he opened the door. He pulled out his brand new bag of apples for inspection. Alas, three of the apples were already beginning to, well, rot. Out they went into the compost. But what to do with all the rest? More
Bled cream cake makes dreams come true
02 Aug 2016 1 Comment
in Desserts, food Tags: cream, custard, eggs, pastry, Slovenia
We just got home from a wonderful visit to Europe. One of our pleasures this trip was a leisurely tour of the small country of Slovenia. It’s a land where fairy tales come true. And to prove it, I’m posting a recipe for the heavenly Bled Cream Cake. More
Vinny’s on Yum Goggle
26 Apr 2016 1 Comment
in Appetizers, Breads, Desserts, Drinks, food, health, recipes, Salads, science, Soups Tags: bananas, cakes, children, chocolate, family, fennel, nutrition, nuts
Vinny’s been updating older posts recently and putting them up on Yum Goggle. Yum Goggle features food photography from contributors around the world. The photos whet your appetite for the recipes you can get simply by clicking on the pictures or the words GET THE RECIPE. It’s a great site and we’re proud to be a part of the team. More
Healthier Happy Birthday cake-pie
12 Apr 2016 7 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, recipes Tags: birthday cake, chocolate, French, ganache, nutrition, pie, tart
It’s Sharon’s birthday today, so Vinny brings you a rich, chocolatey tart with no flour in the filling, that you can stick candles in and sing happy birthday around, merrily. With this dessert, you can enjoy a slice and know that along with your birthday calories, you are also getting a decent helping of nutrition. More
Watermelon cheers us up with coolers and salads
23 Feb 2016 9 Comments
in Desserts, Drinks, food, health, Salads, Snacks Tags: antioxidants, B vitamins, goat cheese, kale, magnesium, mood foods, nutrition, potassium, watermelon
Watermelon is a mood food
As most of my friends fly south for the winter, I thought I’d inject a little sun into my own life with watermelon. Deep into February as we are, a food to lift our spirits seems in order.
I’ve covered some of this before, but for newer readers, are you surprised to learn that watermelon is a good source of the mood vitamins B1 (thiamine) and B6 (pyridoxine)? I was. Turns out thiamine is important for maintaining electrolytes and transmitting nervous-system signals throughout the body. Pyridoxine works with enzymes that convert food into cellular energy.
Who needs warm weather… Let’s party!
Watermelon is a berry
Another surprising fact about watermelon… its fruit is a pepo, a special kind of berry with a thick rind and fleshy center.
Watermelon pepos offer the most nutrition per calorie of any common food.
Red is the give-away. Bright colors signal a big pay-off in lycopene, an antioxidant repeatedly studied in humans and found to protect against a whole slew of cancers… prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and colorectal, for starters.
Watermelon offers lots of beta-carotene and another antioxidant, vitamin C. Besides helping lycopene to ward off cancer, these vitamins also battle heart disease, arthritis, and asthma.
Then there is the mineral potassium, guardian of our cardiovascular system, brain, and kidneys.
Finally, watermelon provides lots of the master mineral magnesium. Magnesium is the big boss for over 300 cellular metabolic functions. Poor soils make magnesium scarce in today’s foods. Lack of magnesium is related to irritability, tension, sleep disorders, and muscular cramping, including the heart muscle (attack!).
How to enjoy watermelon
Watermelons retain most of their nutrition even after being cut and stored in the fridge. But watermelon is best eaten at room temperature when the flavor, plus the phytonutrient capacity, is at its best.
Eat plain
Just quarter a large watermelon berry and slice off slabs. Eat the flesh right off the rind and spit out the seeds.
Watermelon salad
Serves one
- one cup watermelon cubes
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- one cup kale, ribs removed and finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon avocado oil
- 1 ounce goat cheese
- salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- Chop the flesh into bite-sized chunks.
- Drizzle them with lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, or vodka. Let them soak it up for a few minutes.
- Use them to top a plateful of greens, kale in my photo, which I drizzled with avocado oil and massaged well.
- Top with crumbled feta cheese or, my favorite, goat cheese.
Vinny’s pink watermelon cooler
Serves four
- 2 cups watermelon cubes, frozen
- 4 ice cubes
- Juice of one fresh lemon (1/4 cup)
- Juice of one fresh lime (2 tablespoons)
- 2-4 tablespoons of any sugar syrup you have. I used home-made red-current couli, But any fruit syrup, even grenadine (from pomegranates) or maple syrup, will do. I use an equivalent amount of stevia unless it’s a special occasion.
- 2 pinches of salt
- 2 pinches of black pepper
- 3-4 ounces raspberry vodka (optional)
- ¼ to 1/3 cup club soda, depending on whether you add alcohol or not and the size of your glass
- Blend the whole works except for the club soda for a few seconds.
- If you want to serve some of the cocktails without alcohol, leave the vodka out and add it back to the glasses of the folks who want it.
- Fill each glass about halfway with the watermelon fizz. Add 1 ounce alcohol to each glass if you didn’t include it in the mix. Top up with club soda. Adjust flavor with more lemon juice if needed.
- Spoon some of the pink foam into each glass and top with a raspberry or a mint leaf to garnish.
When the winter blahs get you down, break out some watermelon and smile :).
Whipped goat cream, a tart cheese treat
09 Feb 2016 5 Comments
in Appetizers, Desserts, Dips, food, health, recipes, Snacks Tags: avoiding sugar, dip, easy recipes, goat cheese, icing, lemon, spread, Stevia, yogurt
Once upon a time I came across a recipe that called for whipped goat cheese. So I took my basket and headed to the grocery store, where I eventually found a small tub of the stuff at three times the cost of regular, ordinary, every-day goat cheese.
When I finally had a minute to spare I sat down and examined the label. The ingredients were goat cheese and water… and a few chemicals. It seemed I’d bought a processed food fortified with who knows what. And I thought: why can’t I make that myself – and leave out the chemicals? More
War-time treats from Redwall Abbey
10 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in books, Desserts, Drinks, food, Side dishes Tags: Fool, fruit, gooseberries, leeks, pudding, roibus, tea, war
To honor the people who gave their all in the Great Wars, I’m reposting some recipes I first brought to you in 2012. These traditional recipes were in vogue during the scarce years of the Second World War… but many probably go back much farther than that, handed down by mothers and mother’s mothers in Britain ever since they began to grow potatoes and cabbages… and gooseberries! More
Meringue ghosts hone egg-cracking skills
27 Oct 2015 2 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods, recipes Tags: eggs, halloween, meringues, nutrition, protein, Stevia, sugar
Here’s another easy recipe for small fingers. Kids learn how to separate eggs. Then they can make up these cute, tasty little Halloween ghosts and marvel at the mysteries of food chemistry.
Use eggs at room temperature for frothiest results. Or put eggs from fridge into warm water for 5 minutes or so to warm them up. More
1,2,3-Ingredient brownies with low-sugar, nutty spread
20 Oct 2015 3 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, recipes, Snacks Tags: chocolate, easy, hazelnuts, nutella, nutrition, nuts
Kids, get your aprons on. We’re going to whip up some brownies that are as good for the body as they are for the soul. Including time to wash up the dishes, these treats should take no more than a half hour away from your Minecraft play time. More
The berry scary pie
13 Oct 2015 4 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods, recipes Tags: antioxidants, avoiding sugar, berries, halloween, nutrition, pie
“That’s scary!” Isla declared, her wide eyes shifting from the cooking pot to the finished product. I knew Halloween had been on her mind, now only a couple of weeks away.
“How so?” I asked. More
Help Mr. Pancreas do his job – try low-sugar cookie-candy
22 Sep 2015 10 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, recipes, science, Snacks Tags: avoiding sugar, diabetes, pancreas, Stevia
Sugar’s role in our health
Sugar is Will’s favorite food group.
“Maybe you can cut back on the sugary things, once in a while,” Vinny suggests.
“Sugar is in everything!” Will proclaims. “It gives us energy!”
“That’s true,” Vinny agrees. “What I don’t like, though, is when we add sugar to our food, over and above what nature puts there. Have you heard about your pancreas?” More
Spotted puddink, an old favorite of British school kids
18 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in Desserts, health, recipes Tags: British, custard, dried fruit, eggs, fats, shortening, steamed pudding, suet
Get the kids together and make a “skinny” version of Spotted Dick, a traditional English steamed pudding. Cook up Harry Potter’s favorite dessert at Hogwarts just in time for the new school year and make some magic happen! More
Fuhrman’s 10 worst foods
11 Aug 2015 9 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods, Snacks Tags: avoiding salt, avoiding sugar, dairy, diet, fats, refined white flour, soda
Last time, I introduced you to Dr. Joel Fuhrman and his list of 10 best foods for battling the effects of old age. Now I’m going to show you his list at the other end – Fuhrman’s 10 worst foods… foods that can lead you to an early grave. More
Fire cracker day!
19 May 2015 7 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, Holiday foods Tags: birthday, cake, date, goat cheese, icing
The 24th of May is the Queen’s birthday.
If we don’t get a holiday, we’ll all run away!
It turns out we do get a holiday, but which queen, exactly, would that be, here in Canada?
Why it’s Queen Victoria, of course, the reigning monarch in 1867 when Canada became a country. Victoria was also key in choosing Ottawa over Kingston, Toronto or Montreal as Canada’s capital. So we Ottawans think she deserves a little fireworks on her birthday.
The weather is always a bit iffy on the Victoria Day long weekend in Ottawa, though. So fireworks are not always a possibility. But we can always whip up something special for the birthday table to honor the old queen, regardless of the weather! More
Black magic: Chocolate syrup on ice
14 Apr 2015 14 Comments
in Desserts, Dips, food, recipes Tags: chocolate, coconut oil, easy recipes, ice cream
Just two ingredients…
Awesome! This idea came my way courtesy of the Paddington Foodie, chef extraordinaire. It’s ridiculously easy. Combining just two super-foods, this simple syrup zaps any dessert you like with goodness that is sure to grant you the superpowers of your dreams. More
Goats-Gruff cheese cake and cranberry snow
07 Apr 2015 13 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, recipes Tags: cranberries, eggs, goat cheese
Why goat cheese?
Goat cheese is my go-to cheese on a daily basis. I love it because of its creamy texture and crisp, tart taste. It’s perfect in my omelets and on top of my leafy greens at lunch.
But it’s also packed with great nutrition. When it comes to fat and calories, goat cheese has the advantage over cheese made from cow’s milk. More
Cherry clafouti solves one omnivore’s dilemma
17 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in books, Breakfast foods, Desserts, food, recipes, science Tags: cherries, corn, custard, easy recipes, eggs, labels, processed foods, reviews
Once upon a time some friends formed a neighborhood reading salon. One night they slogged through the snow to sit by a fire together and discuss a book Michael Pollan wrote nearly 10 years ago — The Omnivore’s Dilemma.
Pollan’s story lifts the blinders to show where our food comes from, just as deftly as if he wrote it, well, yesterday.
How to cook eggs for raw-egg recipes
03 Feb 2015 2 Comments
in Desserts, Drinks, food, health, recipes Tags: children, eggnog, eggs, meringue
Raw eggs
In my previous post, I talked about making eggnog from scratch using fresh clean unbroken eggs, cracking them carefully, and allowing them to cure in sugar and alcohol. Raw eggs are generally safe for healthy people.
If you are cooking for young children, pregnant mamas, the elderly, or people with weak immune systems, though, you won’t want to risk serving them raw eggs. But hey, you don’t have to ditch your favorite recipes. More
Gut wars! Arm yourself with yogurt and prosper
04 Dec 2014 10 Comments
in Breakfast foods, Desserts, food, health, science, Snacks Tags: avoiding sugar, brain, digestion, gut, probiotics, yogurt
En garde!
Trillions of bacteria live happily in our gut. The goodies among them help us digest our food and absorb its nutrients. They also help our body make vitamins, absorb minerals, and get rid of toxins. They make our immune system strong. And best of all, they work on our brain cells to help them battle anxiety, stress, and depression. Friendly bugs in our gut make up the army that protects us from disease, including mental illness.
Good bacteria, called probiotics, come to us in fermented foods. Buttermilk, pickles, sauerkraut, kimchi, sour dough bread, raw-milk cheeses and kefir all harbor the good guys. For many, though, probiotics march forth into our gut in yogurt. More
A cake cup for Krista – Chocolate rules!
08 Oct 2014 5 Comments
in Desserts, food, health, recipes, Snacks Tags: avoiding sugar, chocolate, cocoa powder, easy recipes, nutrition, Stevia
The candles spluttered out in a blast of air, as 9-year-old Krista blew across her birthday cake and made a wish.
“What did you wish for?” asked Vinny. “A unicorn for the backyard shed? A chest of gold Lego?”
“No… and no,” said Krista. “I wished I was skinny!”
“What? No!” Vinny was aghast. More